Martial World - Chapter 2089

Chapter 2089: 2089




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Time passed . By this day, Lin Ming had been in the Dark Abyss for two months already .

The Dark Abyss’s 12th layer, Black Sand City –

This was a giant city situated in the midst of a desert . The reason this city had such a name was because the desert was formed from black sand .

The desert was naturally desolate, but the city itself was bustling with business . The reason for this was that the Demon Association had established their 12th layer branch division here .

Thus, this city had turned into the largest slave market in the 12th layer .

The slave trade was an extremely important business in the Dark Abyss . The slaves here were not only ancient race slaves, but also abyssals .

Low intelligence abyssals, such as the cyclopes, were often turned into slaves in the Dark Abyss . These slaves were all sold in the same way .

The Demon Association only sold high quality slaves . Slaves with poor talent and low strength didn’t have much value at all . These types of slaves were placed in the open wilderness and hunted down as prey .

For instance, when it came to the ancient race slaves, the Demon Association would often raise and cultivate them so that they reached the Divine Transformation realm and above . Not just that, but many of them had certain special bloodlines .

To the abyssals these ancient race bloodlines were highly beneficial .

These purchased slaves might be used as living furnaces or even food . There were some species of abyssal demons that only came in the male sex . These abyssals would forcefully inject their reproductive life liquid into women of other races . Then, this liquid would invade the eggs of these alien women and slowly transform their bloodlines . Slowly, these eggs would suck up the life essence of the women until a new abyssal was born .

This was an extremely tyrannical and cruel method of reproduction . Because of these reasons, female slaves always sold for prices several times that of male slaves in Black Sand City .

Black Sand City didn’t have city walls . Rather, it was covered by a massive force field .

At this time, over a thousand miles away from Black Sand City, Lin Ming stood at the summit of a high mountain and looked down upon the city . From this distance the giant Black Sand City was only the size of his palm .

This city was Lin Ming’s first all-out battle target he had decided on after entering the Dark Abyss .

For these last two months in the Dark Abyss, Lin Ming hadn’t taken any drastic actions that stood out . He only constantly gathered information to further his understanding of the Dark Abyss . He wanted to understand the level of the powerhouses, the scale of the large influences, their positions, bases, and all sorts of other key information .

Besides the Demon Association that Lin Ming had made his goal, he also had a relatively good understanding of the other totem level influences . And, he also knew that the most mysterious Demon God’s Tomb was in the lowest layer of the Dark Abyss – the 18th layer .

As for secrets related to the Demon God’s Tomb, Lin Ming hadn’t been able to find out much .

In these past two months Lin Ming had quietly hunted down over a hundred abyssals . From starting with Holy Lord level abyssals, then World King level abyssals, he then started on Great World King level abyssals .

After killing these abyssals Lin Ming would swallow up their strength . As the days passed, he became increasingly proficient in the Swallowing Laws and the energy wheel formed from the power of divinity and demons within his body continued to expand .

Currently, the power of divinity and demons had turned into the foundational energy of Lin Ming’s cultivation methods . If he strengthened his power of divinity and demons, it would help him make breakthroughs in his cultivation .

Originally, Lin Ming should have reached the peak of the middle Empyrean realm in 5000 years . But now he was taking great steps towards shattering the wall of the upper Empyrean realm . If he wanted to truly cross this bridge, he would still need a massive amount of energy .

And to use the Swallowing Laws to absorb the strength of abyssals was undoubtedly the best shortcut .

Lin Ming recalled the information he had silently collected about Empyrean level abyssals in these past days . This information seemed common and unremarkable, but it helped Lin Ming avoid crucial mistakes . Otherwise, if he were to bump into a middle True Divinity abyssal then he would be in danger .



According to the information he had, there were a total of five Empyrean level abyssals in Black Sand City .

Even within the Dark Abyss, Empyrean level abyssals couldn’t be found everywhere . They were generally Elders of large influences with prominent statuses . They often lived in important locations of their large influences and were surrounded by solemn guards and layers of traps .

If an Empyrean level abyssal was killed, it would naturally cause a stir in the surrounding region .

Lin Ming didn’t want to prematurely expose himself . He planned to quietly cut down an Empyrean level abyssal, and this Black Sand City that was far from Demon Snake City was the best choice . If he recklessly slaughtered in Black Sand City then it was unlikely he would alarm the bashe serpent . The bashe serpent was the master of Demon Snake City and mostly wouldn’t bother with matters related to the Demon Association .

The city lord of Black Sand City was an Elder of the Demon Association . If his strength was judged by human standards then he would be somewhere between an Empyrean and True Divinity . This also made him the strongest powerhouse in Black Sand City .

Moreover, there was also a peak Empyrean and two middle Empyrean abyssals in Black Sand City . Lin Ming was very much looking forwards to killing these abyssals and swallowing their strength to see how much they could benefit him .

Lin Ming waited for night to fall . The night with its howling black winds was the best time to murder others and destroy their corpses .

Lin Ming waited for another two hours . Then, his thoughts stirred . A thousand miles away, he suddenly saw infernal energy shoot into the skies .

He squinted his eyes . At the end of the black desert, faint sparks of rainbow-hued light shot into the heavens; it was clear that some people were fighting there .

“Mm?”

Lin Ming muttered to himself . He extended his sense in a straight line, probing outwards . With his current sense he could easily investigate something that was occurring a thousand miles away .

And what he saw left him startled . These were clearly ancient race martial artists battling against a group of abyssal demons .

And these ancient race martial artists all had a yellow square scarf tied to their arms . The scarves were embroidered with a hexagonal ice flower pattern .



These ancient race martial artists didn’t have poor cultivation methods and combat skills . Moreover, they worked in tandem to utilize battle formations . It was clear from a glance that these were ancient race clansmen with a high degree of intelligence and not ‘prey’ that was bred to be released into the wild .

“Rebel army!?”

Lin Ming was surprised . The yellow square scarfs on their hands reminded him of the recent slave uprisings that had enveloped the 11th through 14th layers of the Dark Abyss .

This was a revolt on a vast scale . Although the bashe serpent turned a blind eye to them and the Demon Association continued with their business as always, the truth was that in these past years this revolt had killed many abyssals and rescued a tremendous number of slaves .

These slaves joined the rebel army and the cycle continued .

Because the rebel army always tied yellow scarves around their arms, the abyssals termed them the yellow scarf bandits .

The truth was that even in Lin Ming’s eyes, this ancient race rebel army wouldn’t be able to cause any great waves . Sooner or later they would be wiped out by the abyssals; the difference in strength was just too great .

However, as Lin Ming witnessed the different combat methods and styles used by the rebel army, and as he saw their battle formations, he suddenly had a strange feeling in his mind .

Although he wasn’t too optimistic about this uprising, he couldn’t help but admit that this rebel army wasn’t as weak as he thought they were . At the very least; they wouldn’t collapse upon a single strike . Perhaps they had unearthed some ancient ruins, otherwise they shouldn’t have possessed cultivation methods of this level .

As Lin Ming was thinking this, he saw several lights rise up from Black Sand City and rapidly fly towards the location where battle had broken out .

It was clear that these were reinforcements from Black Sand City . The battlefield was so close to Black Sand City that it would be strange if there was no reaction instead . Once the reinforcements joined the battle, then in a normal situation the rebel army forces would be eliminated in a mere half incense stick of time .

Lin Ming naturally wouldn’t see these people in danger and stand idly by . His figure flickered and he rapidly flew towards the battlefield .

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A thousand miles away, the ancient race rebel army had fallen into a bitter battle . They were originally an outstanding squad of the rebel army, and as they were carrying out a secret mission they were discovered by troops of the Demon Association .

A battle was inevitable . The rebel army squad had occupied the advantage to begin with, but the more enemy reinforcements arrived, the weaker they became .

“Ahh!”

An ancient race green-clothed girl cried out in pain . She was struck flying backwards . The sword in her hand was knocked away, making several turns in the air before stabbing into a rock .

Letting go of one’s weapon in this environment was monumentally dangerous . Moreover, with the severe wound she suffered just then, the green-clothed girl had lost nearly all her combat strength .

“Thousand Shade!”

The eyes of several other youths turned blood red with anger and worry . However, they didn’t even have time to take care of themselves, much less save someone else .

The green-clothed girl cried out in pain once more . Her complexion paled and she shivered all over . Her arm that had held a sword suddenly started to age at a speed visible to the eyes . It withered away as the blood vitality was rapidly drained from it .

This feeling was like the decaying of a mortal body over a thousand years being compressed into several breaths instead; it was grisly and terrifying!

“Cut it off!”

A middle-aged man shouted, burning with worry . This young girl called Thousand Shade was one of the extremely talented individuals in the rebel army . She had great future potential and her bloodline was also outstanding . If anything happened to her, it would be a great loss to the rebel army .

The green-clothed girl grit her teeth . She grabbed another sword and chopped down . The arm that was wrapped in a scarf tumbled away . Although she seemed young and delicate, the truth was that she was an incomparably decisive and resolute person . Her fresh blood had already dyed the hexagonal flower-patterned scarf red!

The decaying stopped . This scene even surprised the surrounding abyssal demons . Not to mention a woman, even if a brave warrior were to chop off their arm they would furrow their eyebrows . But, this girl called Thousand Shade didn’t even hesitate and had done so cleanly and neatly .

“Hehe, you’re ruthless indeed, but too bad for you that still won’t change your ending . All of you are done for! You might as well be good little slaves and let us capture you and plant slave seals in you . Perhaps some of you might be able to be sold for a high price, hahaha!”

An abyssal cackled . And at this time, the sound of sonic booms broke through the air behind him . This was the sound of powerhouses flying, the sound of reinforcement troops from Black Sand City!

The abyssal sneered, “Reinforcements have arrived . You’re dead now!”